FossaSat-2 Spacecraft

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Name FossaSat-2
Spacecraft type PocketQube
Units or mass PocketQube 1p
Organization Fossa Systems
Institution Company
Entity Commercial
Country Spain
Manufacturer AIVT by Fossa Systems
Operator Fossa Systems
Oneliner

First of a PocketQube constellation to provide LoRa-based IoT communications.

Description

First of a constellation to provide LoRa-based IoT communications. These are second generation 2P satellites aimed at providing a high performance PocketQube platform for dedicated constellations and low-cost in-orbit demonstration. This new platform has 1P of payload space, can provide up to 9 watts of solar power, has full ADCS pointing capability and multiple storage / processing options. 

Sources [1]
Photo sources [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
COTS subsystems
  • PLATFORM - Fossa Systems

Related Spacecraft

Name Status Launcher Launch Orbit
FossaSat-2 Launch failure Firefly Alpha 2021-09-03 300 km, 97 deg
FossaSat-2E 1 (WISeSAT 1, FOSSASAT2E1) Reentry 2023-06-23. Was operational? (Last TinyGS packet on 2023-06-22 until reentry) Falcon 9, (Transporter-3) 2022-01-13 520 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 2 (WISeSAT 2, FOSSASAT2E2) Reentry 2023-06-25. Was operational until 2023-02-01? (Last TinyGS packet on 2023-02-01) Falcon 9, (Transporter-3) 2022-01-13 520 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 3 (CShark Pilot-1, CSHARKPILOT-1,, FOSSASAT2E3) Reentry 2023-09-12. Was operational until 2022-12-06? (Last TinyGS packet on 2022-12-06) Falcon 9, (Transporter-3) 2022-01-13 520 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 4 (LAIKA,, FOSSASAT2E4) Reentry 2023-05-16. Was operational? (Last TinyGS packet on 2023-05-13 until reentry) Falcon 9, (Transporter-3) 2022-01-13 520 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 5 (FOSSASAT2E5) Reentry 2023-06-03. Was operational 2022-08-04? (Last TinyGS packet on 2022-08-04) Falcon 9, (Transporter-3) 2022-01-13 520 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 6 (FOSSASAT2E6) Reentry 2023-06-29. Was operational 2022-05-31? (Last TinyGS packet on 2022-05-31) Falcon 9, (Transporter-3) 2022-01-13 520 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 7 (FOSSASAT2E7) Reentry 2023-08-22. Was pperational (Official Twitter post from 2022-10-11 about first 13 satellites being at full capacity as of 2022-12-21, but no packets at TinyGS for some reason) Falcon 9, (Transporter-5), (Momentus Vigoride) 2022-05-25 530 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 8 (FOSSASAT2E8) Reentry 2023-10-31. Was operational (Official Twitter post from 2022-10-11 about first 13 satellites being at full capacity as of 2022-12-21. Last TinyGS packet on 2023-10-25) Falcon 9, (Transporter-5), (Momentus Vigoride) 2022-05-25 530 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 9 Deployment failure? Assumed to be still on spacecraft (Momentus Vigoride VR-3 as object not tracked but conflicting Twitter post from 2022-10-11 as of 2022-12-21. No packets on TinyGS) Falcon 9, (Transporter-5), (Momentus Vigoride) 2022-05-25 530 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 10 Deployment failure? Assumed to be still on spacecraft (Momentus Vigoride VR-3 as object not tracked but conflicting Twitter post from 2022-10-11 as of 2022-12-21. No packets on TinyGS) Falcon 9, (Transporter-5), (Momentus Vigoride) 2022-05-25 530 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 11 (FOSSASAT2E11) Reentry 2023-09-08. Was operational (Official Twitter post from 2022-10-11 about first 13 satellites being at full capacity as of 2022-12-21. Last TinyGS packet on 2023-09-07) Falcon 9, (Transporter-5), (Momentus Vigoride) 2022-05-25 530 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 12 (FOSSASAT2E12) Reentry 2023-10-31. Was operational (Official Twitter post from 2022-10-11 about first 13 satellites being at full capacity as of 2022-12-21. Last TinyGS packet on 2023-10-31) Falcon 9, (Transporter-5), (Momentus Vigoride) 2022-05-25 530 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2E 13 Reentry 2024-02-03. Was operational (Official Twitter post from 2022-10-11 about first 13 satellites being at full capacity as of 2022-12-21. Last TinyGS packet on 2024-02-02) Falcon 9, (Transporter-5), (Momentus Vigoride) 2022-05-25 530 km, 97.5 deg
FossaSat-2 cancelled? (due to new form factor?) cancelled x_cancelled 450 km
FossaSat-2F cancelled? (due to new form factors?) cancelled x_cancelled 450 km

Last modified: 2024-12-18

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